2013-2014

The Cushing Award—for the best fiction published in a 㽶 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place to Sophia Gorgens, "Get Lucky" (Springٲܲ)
  • Second Place to Helen Spica, "How We Start" (Fall Stylus)
  • Third Place to Zachary Frank, "The Actor" (Spring Stylus)

Dever Fellowship—a substantial grant, presented annually, in honor of novelist and 㽶 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing

  • Bailey Spencer

Dever Prize for Freshman Writing—for the best essay written by a freshman in any English Course. (four first places):

  • Kyle Hulburd, “The Art of Listening,” nominated by Brian Zimmerman
  • Ramsey Khabbaz, “Mamihlapinatapai,” nominated by Allyson Manchester
  • Thomas (TJ) Norton, “Dirty Jobs Uncovers Real America,” nominated by Matt Knutson
  • Madeline Webster, “The Worn Pavillion,” nominated by Elizabeth Graver

Kean Award—to the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Lauren Audi

Kelleher Poetry Award—cash award given annually to undergraduates who produce the best work in poetry published in 㽶 undergraduate publications:

  • First Place: Bailey Spencer, "Calumet Strike” (Fall Stylus)
  • Second Place: Mike Kadow, "East of Kansas" (Spring Stylus)
  • Third Place: Christine DeGenaars, "The Willowemoc" (Fall Stylus)

McCarthy Prize—for best piece of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place: Ben Vadnal, "Bloom" (fiction)
  • Second Place: Zachary Frank, "The Actor" (fiction)
  • Third Place: Christine Zhao, "Shanghai, China, 2004," and "Beijing, China, 1960," (creative nonfiction)

Randall Award—a gift of books presented in honor and memory of author and 㽶 Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay in the field of American literature and culture:

  • Adriana Mariella, "Hipsters, Left Conservatism, and the Aesthetics of Urban Redevelopment"

Randall Award Honorable Mentions:

  • Alexandra Machetanz, "The Verbalization of Violation in Sanctuary"
  • Emily Simon, "'The broken and myriad reflection': Mirror-Work and Non-Mimetic Narration in William Faulkner's Sanctuary"
  • Nicholas A. Volpe, "Murder, War and Culpability: Fawcett's ‘The Contrast’ and Worcester's Transatlantic Revision"